本书精选的名家名篇,字字珠玑,篇篇经典,对帮助读者熟悉美国文学作品,提高文学素养及英语阅读能力大有裨益。篇后练习采用启发式,引导读者进一步抓住作家的主要成就及其作品的主旨及主要特色,同时也为读者自主学习、探索提供了更多的空间。在各章的开篇,作者还分别撰写了简明美国文学历史发展过程、主要背景、重要作家及其作品,帮助读者梳理浩瀚的内容,提高读者的学习效率。
本书将美国文学史分为殖民时期与清教主义,启蒙时期,美国文艺复兴,现实主义、地方主义与自然主义,现代主义和后现代主义六个时期,并精选了每个时期的代表作家和经典作品,以求反映美国文学的全貌。这些选段深具代表性,可以帮助读者理解每个时代的精神和精髓。希望此书可以为读者了解美国文学与文化的深层架构提供参考与帮助。
chapter one early settlements and puritanism
rending -a description of new england
further reading - a modeu of christian charity
chapter two enlightenment
reading - poor richard's almanac
further rending - sinners in the hands of an angry god
chapter three romanticism
reading i - i hear america singing
reading 2 - "nature" is what we see
further reading 1 - nature
further reading 2 - moby dick
further reading 3 - the scarlet letter
chapter four realism, regionalism and naturalism
reading - the adventures of huckleberry finn
further rending 1 - the awakening
further reading 2 - the red badge of courage
chapter five modernism
reading 1 -mending wall
reading 2 - in a station of the metro
further rending i - the red wheelbarrow
further reading 2 - sea rose
further reading 3 - tender is the night
chapter six postmodernism
reading - nobel acceptance speech
further reading - nobel acceptance speech
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